Mihkel

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Michael (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))

A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: Siseministeerium, 2023

Pronunciation:Explore pronunciation →

Mihkel is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country, where it is the 33rd most common given name. Mihkel is also written Михкель in Cyrillic.

  • EEEstonia≈1 in 440(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 133K
  • SESweden1 in 170K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mihkel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Estonia (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,100 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
88 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 439 (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Mihkel in other scripts: Cyrillic

(measured from records)
MihkelLatin(measured from records)
МихкельMihkel in Cyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

a male given name, equivalent to English Michael

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Mihkel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mihkel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EE Estonia#33≈3,100 est.≈1 in 4392.9KMihkel88
SE Sweden—601 in 170K60Mihkel11
US United States—≈59 est.≈1 in 5.8M—Mihkel53
FI Finland—421 in 133K586Mihkel12
CH Switzerland—≈32 est.≈1 in 280K—Mihkel5
NO Norway—≈18 est.≈1 in 311K40Mihkel4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Mihkel is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swedish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Mihkel'

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Mihkel'

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Mihkel'

  • Croatian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Latvia

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Mihkel', Михкел

  • Czech given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Mihkel'

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
18001850190019502000Mihkel Veske, b. 1843Mihkel Raud, b. 1969Mihkel Räim, b. 1993
  • Mihkel Veskeb. 1843EEEstonian poet and linguist (1843–1890)
  • Mihkel Raudb. 1969EEEstonian writer, musician, journalist and politician (born 1969)
  • Mihkel Räimb. 1993EEEstonian cyclist (born 1993)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalTere Mihkel,Hi Mihkel, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mihkel mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Michael Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Mihkel?
In the etymology graph, Michael, Miguel and Mike are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Mihkel a male or female name?
Mihkel is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Estonia (Statistics Estonia) and Finland (DVV).
Which countries have the most people named Mihkel?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named Mihkel in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mihkel. After it come Sweden, United States, Finland and Switzerland; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Mihkel?
In Sweden, the national register counted 60 people named Mihkel, about 1 in 170 thousand residents.
How common is Mihkel compared with other names?
In Estonia, Mihkel is the 33rd most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mihkel” — ranked 47th in Estonia (Statistics Estonia). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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